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Heyman stands by his Keuchel claim. DOB adds that it's likely the cost in the trade market. Teams want astronomical returns for top of the rotation arms. Keuchel also has a close relationship with McCann from being his catcher in Houston. Keuchel might be willing to shave a little off the price to work with McCann again. Reds and Phillies are the top contenders for Dallas.

Yep. Saw that earlier but didn't post it because Nick Cafardo has a long history of being wrong about anything that is non Boston related.

Although, Dallas Keuchel makes a lot of sense for the Braves. He's a ground ball pitcher and the Braves have a great defensive infield, so it would work well.

On 12/2/2018 at 2:39 PM, Falconsfan567 said:

Keuchel has never been a hard thrower. He's always made his living as a groundball guy. It's not like someone like someone like Julio who was a harder thrower and can't do it anymore. Those are the guys that concern me. Keuchel isn't my first option, but I understand why he's a target.

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A team has to have a roster spot open if they want to make a pick in the Rule V draft. I doubt Atlanta makes a selection, but I'm sure they'd like the option.

Weird, as I was fixing lunch about an hour ago, my Rio-sense was tingling. I was thinking "certainly the Braves will open up a 40-man roster spot just so they have the option of taking someone in the Rule V draft if someone drops to them", then I thought "there's no way Rio gets through this week as a Brave".

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A team has to have a roster spot open if they want to make a pick in the Rule V draft. I doubt Atlanta makes a selection, but I'm sure they'd like the option.

Weird, as I was fixing lunch about an hour ago, my Rio-sense was tingling. I was thinking "certainly the Braves will open up a 40-man roster spot just so they have the option of taking someone in the Rule V draft if someone drops to them", then I thought "there's no way Rio gets through this week as a Brave".

I know. I was just hoping for something to pop. Don't ruin my excitement, please.

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A team has to have a roster spot open if they want to make a pick in the Rule V draft. I doubt Atlanta makes a selection, but I'm sure they'd like the option.

Weird, as I was fixing lunch about an hour ago, my Rio-sense was tingling. I was thinking "certainly the Braves will open up a 40-man roster spot just so they have the option of taking someone in the Rule V draft if someone drops to them", then I thought "there's no way Rio gets through this week as a Brave".

The Tigers are “determined to move on” from outfielder Nicholas Castellanos, Antony Fenech of the Detroit Free Press reports. There’s initial interest from other clubs, per MLB.com’s Jon Morosi (via Twitter). It seems the Braves have at least “checked in” on the 26-year-old, who is projected by MLBTR to earn a $11.3MM salary in his final season of arbitration eligibility. The Atlanta organization has an opening in right field and has plenty of assets that’d be of interest to Detroit. Castellanos certainly has produced the kind of offensive output that’d be of interest — he’s slashing .285/.336/.495 over the past three seasons — but comes with anything but a sterling defensive reputation.

The Tigers are “determined to move on” from outfielder Nicholas Castellanos, Antony Fenech of the Detroit Free Press reports. There’s initial interest from other clubs, per MLB.com’s Jon Morosi (via Twitter). It seems the Braves have at least “checked in” on the 26-year-old, who is projected by MLBTR to earn a $11.3MM salary in his final season of arbitration eligibility. The Atlanta organization has an opening in right field and has plenty of assets that’d be of interest to Detroit. Castellanos certainly has produced the kind of offensive output that’d be of interest — he’s slashing .285/.336/.495 over the past three seasons — but comes with anything but a sterling defensive reputation.

49 minutes ago, Falconsfan567 said:

Never going to happen!! AA cares too much about defense to make that move.

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Wanna know how accurate any of these tweets are? Look at these two tweets sent out by Mark Bowman in about the span of an hour.

So, are the Braves listening on Folty or are they not? Not even the man who gets paid to "know" what the Braves are going to do knows as shown by two tweets saying the complete opposite thing in less than an hour's time span.

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Anthopolous said hes not close but hes had a few positive conversations. He also mentioned hes had talks about current MLB players and prospects. He said the MLB players he talked about are names he is willing to move. My guess is Julio and Ender.

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I wonder if Nelson Cruz is an option on a 1 or 2 year deal? I mean, I know defense because of what AA has stated and that would be a big dinger against him, but jeez!!! Could you imagine him hitting 40 bombs in STP?

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Meh indeed! He's 36 and we could probably get similar production from other starters without having to allocate significant money for Happ.

Well, the thing with Happ is that he's not a front line starter and never has been. It would be like when the Braves brought back Tom Glavine in 2008 and trying sell that to the fan base as a "significant" rotation addiction. We'd be better off just rolling with what we've got than invest money to Happ.